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Seven-Part Plan. The new approach came from Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, the austerely handsome ex-schoolteacher who represents the Communist Viet Cong at the long-deadlocked peace talks in Paris. By no coincidence, the plan was put on the table only a week after Le Due Tho-Hanoi's chief envoy to the talks-returned to Paris following a 14-month absence. As the key point in a seven-part plan, Madame Binh declared that if the U.S. agreed to withdraw all its forces from Viet Nam by the end of this year, the Communists would agree...
...Vietnamese officials as "henchmen," the undermining of the country's politics and economy, and the disregard of its national sovereignty, dignity, life and property. The remaining 22% had "no opinion." Perhaps the most savage view of the U.S. impact recently appeared in the opposition newspaper Hoa Binh, which printed a cartoon showing Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon literally raping the country...
...largest share is slated for compulsory treatment and rehabilitation of addicted Viet Nam veterans. What Nixon proposed, and quickly put into effect last weekend at Cam Ranh Bay and Long Binh, is a program that will subject all G.I.s to urine tests before they return to the U.S. to ascertain whether they have been using heroin or amphetamines. Those found to be on drugs will be given a week of detoxification before they are sent home. If Congress approves, they will also receive an additional three weeks of mandatory therapy in the U.S. at Veterans Administration facilities...
Griflin went to Paris on May 20 as a member of the Catholic Commission of Inquiry, an interdenominational group of antiwar clergy and laymen. He met with Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the PRG delegation, and with Xuan Thuy, head of the North Vietnamese delegation...
...Binh told Griffin that the U. S. peace demonstrations have been "a contribution to our struggle. We think very highly of your actions," he quoted her as saying...